Risk in Context Podcast: Creating value in private equity investments through robust cyber strategies

In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, organizations are embracing new technologies to enhance operational efficiencies and deliver improved experiences to their customers. But their implementation at a time of expanding cyber threats is increasing the spotlight on cyber risk management.

For private equity funds investing in organizations of all sizes and across all industries, understanding and quantifying cyber risk is critical in order to better determine the viability of a target company. Further, the majority of private equity funds view any improvements in a portfolio company's cybersecurity as an integral part of their value creation and exit strategies.

In this episode of Risk in Context, Paul Knowles, Global Head of Marsh Specialty's Private Equity and M&A Practice, talks to David Hau, Cyber Private Equity and M&A Leader for the US and Canada, Jeff Bird, Senior Vice President for Cyber Marketplace Services, and Allison (Allie) Pan, Senior Vice President within Marsh's Emerging Risks Practice. They discuss the cyber-related challenges that private equity funds may come across, including difficulties linking a target's cybersecurity posture to financial decision-making, and the importance of collaboration to improve an organization's cyber hygiene as a value-creation strategy.